President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a raft of new emergency measures to deal with South Africa’s electricity crisis. | Fin24
On Monday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced new emergency measures to deal with South Africa’s electricity crisis.
Following the success of this reform, government will now remove the licensing threshold completely, Ramaphosa announced. Projects still need to be registered with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa , though.Eskom will start to buy electricity from existing independent power producers "We are also establishing a single point of entry for all energy project applications, to ensure coordination of approval processes across government," Ramaphosa said."Those who applied shouldn’t move from the one department to the next, and face months and months of delays."
Government will also cut red tape that has made it difficult for Eskom to buy maintenance spares and equipment within the required period to effect repairs.To incentivise greater uptake of rooftop solar, Eskom will develop rules and a pricing structure – known as a feed-in tariff – for all commercial and residential installations on its network. This means that those who can and have installed solar panels in their homes or businesses will be able to sell surplus power they don’t need to Eskom.
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